"Divine Rule! Third Verdict! Soul shatter!" Michael's voice boomed on the battleground and for a moment, everything stopped. The three divine hands slammed down with the force of divine wrath made manifest.
Aurora, already on the brink, screamed silently as the hand grasped her mid-air and squeezed. Her body convulsed as she was completely trapped and unable to free herself. It looked like even her mana flow was stopped.
She was fully arrested but the hand did not stop with that. It kept squeezing her more and more. She struggled, choking and gasping, the light from her eyes slowly dimming. Her wings burned to ash, her eyes rolled back and her entire body twitched and writhed.
The other two hands reached Kate and Ellora. Kate's blood spheres screamed in unison, forming a barrier that shattered on impact. She was blasted away, skidding across the dirt, barely alive. The hand then grasped her and lifted her up in the air, squeezing her more and more.
